Developing a local community is about more than free beer and coffee. It requires a serious focus on developing a social community that is passionate, open, transparent, knowledgable, collaborative, and trustworthy.

The proliferation of new communities worldwide represents varying levels of success at community development. The organization and strategy (or lack thereof) arguably is one of the biggest determinants of success for new communities.

The user group in Lyon, France is perhaps one of the best examples of a local community that has effectively established itself as a major influence within its regional open source community and the larger Drupal Community. It has done so by putting in place new strategies, communications platforms, and organizational processes to achieve goals and objectives set by its members.

This session explores how Lyon and other local communities have grown in the last year. It aims to spur discourse and provide new insights and best practices that will help communities on both sides of the Atlantic be more effective in the years ahead.

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